I hadn't planned on going to a private school; in fact the idea disgusted me. My sister tried it for an entire four days, then she quit and went to a public school with all of her friends and never looked back. I guess that I thought the same thing would happen to me if I ever went to a private school.
In the spring of seventh grade, my parents made me take the acceptance test for McCallie, the all boys private school full of rich snobs, nerds, and especially queers. I didn't know much about the school except that none of my friends went there and all of the gossip(which turned out to be false)from my friends about turnng gay from being around only boys and no girls. Nevertheless I took the test and was excepted much to my dismay.
The first question that came to mind was what it would be like to go through the entire school day without seeing a single member of the opposite sex. My entire career as a student involved girls, from when I was real little and hated being chased by them on the playground, until I was the one doing the chasing. Having a girlfriend meant seeing her all day, everyday. You could really tell the boys who had girlfriends because they always came to school looking their best for their girl, the single boys came looking sloppy.
Before school started, I went to a McCallie-GPS dance that an old friend invited me to. Here was my chance to meet the new set of girls that I would get to know for the rest of my high school life. What a disappointment. They were nothing in comparison to the pretty Signal Mountain girls that I had grown up with since I was three. Not that they were that much more unattractive, but that their personalities were so much dif...
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... of gays at McCallie as there are at these other schools, but they keep it to themselves for their own good. I guess it's more excepted when you go to a co-ed school of thousands.
It's hard to imagine McCallie as a co-ed school. I would probably do more staring than studying. Boys would come to school actually caring about their appearance. Perhaps the worst that would happen would be that level of learning would go down.
Life at an all boys school is a real learning experience. Classes without girls, boys who are different from the excepted norm are afraid to be themselves because people like me wouldn't want to be around them, and an easier and better way of learning is what a boy will find at an all boys private school. So if your a boy who plans to attend an all boys private school, don't believe everything that people say.
... thing while being in the right time on the right place. Everything else is the history. Many stories were told about Dell. Dell was most famous for its customized products which they sold directly to customers. This strategy worked for some period, however to capture bigger market share Dell had to return to the retailers. Michael Dell is one of the biggest asset Dell has. His enthusiasm and hard work build a multibillion dollar company. He has promising outlook for the IT market and always make strategic decisions. Therefore Dell at the beginning made strategic decision to sell in the stores to capture market share, then they decided to sell directly to customers to avoid retailer margins, however, at the end they returned to retailers to capture market share again. Although these strategies contrasted each other, they were right strategies for the right time.
Michael Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell Computers Inc. one of the largest sellers of personal computers in the world. His contribution to the computer industry is the “one-to-one relationship between the company and the customer— there are no intermediaries, no middlemen” (Krames, 2003, p.59). Not only did he relinquish the middleman, he also perfected combination of the bottoms up strategy and the just-in-time (JIT) by waiting till he received orders from the customer to build computers. In doing this, Dell increased its return on investment (ROI) while reducing its inventory overhead cost.
Success started at a young age for Michael Dell, he was only 12 years old when his first product catalog called “Dell’s Stamps” advertised in the local trade journal. He learned early in life to develop a direct relationship with the customer which later would provide the key to his success (Krames, p. 58). Andy Grove had teamed up with Bob Noyce, and Gordon Moore in 1968 after discovering they could create chips with massive memory. Grove used a metaphor to describe his foundation of success – a three-legged stool; execution and strategy (Krames, p. 137). When one leg is off, it throws off the whole system. Dell’s major accomplishment came when he planned and sold personal computers out of his dormitory room which lead to the creation of Dell Computers Corporation. At the age of 27, Dell was the Top CEO of a Fortune 500 company. He had clear ideas about how-to-do business.
Dell’s main strength lies in their perfection of the Direct Model, which boasts a production process that lasts only a day and a half so the company is able to serve customers quickly and has the capacity to withstand very large orders. Dell built held no finished goods inventory on hand, which helps to reduce idle assets and risk. The company maintained excellent relations and communication with suppliers who were able to adhere to Dell’s just-in-time inventory management and allowed suppliers to send shipments direct to customers, reducing inefficiency. Dell encouraged suppliers to locate their facilities in close proximity to assembly operations. Additionally, Dell had very high customer service and support satisfaction and maintained some of the best performance metrics in the industry. Finally, their main source of revenue came from businesses and large government institutions and no single customer represented more than 2% of their sales, which lowers their risk of buyer power.
There are several current legal and regulatory aspects that face the company. The company has to meet the entire legal requirement and frame work of operating in computer technological industry as far as quality and price regulations are concerned. Dell has been able to meet the legal and standard requirements in the manufacture, distribution and promotion of its products. For instance it offers its products at reasonable prices that reflect the industry pricing regulations. The...
In the Washington post the essay “Why Schools Are Failing Our Boys” relates to the study of the “boy problem” Fink’s concern is that boys have a harder time in school causing them to drop out or not to go on to college. I agree with Fink’s concern because of the mistreatment of genders and the pressure put on students as a whole. Based on class readings it has been illustrated that throughout history boys felt as though school made them feel less masculine. From what I have personally seen in school, boys are constantly being told to “man up”. I feel as though boys are expected to act a certain way and all students are expected to conform to a certain type of learning. Fink’s truthful experience through her son is an accurate model on how
Dell Inc. is a privately owned multinational technological company, which develops, sells repairs and supports computers and relates products and services. Dell Computer has a fully Internet-enabled supply chains, which is constructed by the extranet to automate interactions with suppliers, service partners and customers .
Dell is one of the renowned companies in the world. If someone is asked to name the companies, which sell computers, he/she will definitely include the name of Dell (Martin 2002). In fact, it is widely accepted brand in the world. However, with the arrival of rival companies, post 2007, for Dell, it was testing to stay alive in the race in the computer industry. Dell in effect is acknowledged by some experts as one of the vulnerable brands. Hence, it would be preemptive for the corporation to continue to exist in the contest, where big companies, such as Apple and Acer have dominated the market by this
Dell Inc. has realized that the most efficient path to the customer is through a direct relationship, with no intermediaries to add confusion and cost. With the power of their direct model and their team of talented people, they are able to provide to their customers high-quality, relevant technology, customized systems, superior service and support and products and services that are easy to buy and use.
Michael Dell founded the company Dell to offer network servers, workstations, storage systems, Ethernet switches, desktops, and notebook PCs after successfully selling his computers to customers directly in Texas. Over the course of three years his sales volume warranted the opening of an international sales office in 1987. In 1988 he began selling to large customers including several government agencies and Dell became a publicly traded company.
Historically the personal computer (PC) industry has sold its products at reasonably high prices yet garnered only small profit margins. One reason for this is the high competition in the PC industry which led to competitive pricing among producers. Analyzing the competitive environment of the PC industry, it is evident that there is very little barrier to entry in this market. PC's have very low physical uniqueness and are made of standard components that require very little expertise to assemble.
Magretta J, 1998, 'The power of virtual integration: An interview with Dell Computer's Michael Dell', Harvard Business Review, vol.76, no.2, pp.73-84
Dell's strengths were oriented around listening to the customers, responding to the customers, and delivering what the customer wanted. The direct relationship was first through telephone calls, then through face-to-face interactions, and now through the internet. It has enabled them to benefit from real-time input from real customers regarding products and future products they would like to see developed. The company also doesn't use reseller or retail channels because every computer is built-to-order, which allows less inventory. The direct model allows them to take the pulse of whatever market and provide the right technology for the right customers.
Finally, there is no one sex school is going to be right for every student. There are many advantages and disadvantages mentioned in that essay before. But it's thought all over the world that the coeducation is preferred worldwide. About 90 % of schools all over the world are stuck to co-education. Mixed-sex education has achieved higher success rate. They also graduate students who are settled emotionally and able to deal with the real society. "There are not any dominant blessings for single-sex schools on academic grounds. Studies all over the world have failed to expose any major variations.'' - Academician Alan Smothers, director of education and employment analysis at the University of Buckingham 2011.
Dell’s initial competitive strategy, when it was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell, was to focus mainly on differentiation. Its strategy was to sell customised personal computer systems directly to customers, which was a rapidly emerging market at that time (1). This was done by targeting second-time customers, those that already understand computers and know what they wanted. Meanwhile other companies at the time was selling “’plain brown wrapper’ computers” (2). By offering customisations, Dell gained a better understanding of customers’ needs and wants. This helped the organisation position itself differently against the more popular brands, such as Compaq and IBM.